[Haskell-beginners] How to install new GHC ?

[Sylvain Henry]

Hi,

LTS-9.18 uses GHC 8.0.2. You can try a nightly resolver to test GHC 
8.2.2, e.g. https://www.stackage.org/nightly-2017-12-10

Sylvain


On 12/12/2017 12:56, Baa wrote:
> Hello, All,
>
> I want to switch to the new GHC (8.2.2) because I hit some
> bug in GHC and suppose that it may be fixed in the new version. So, to
> try it I changed "resolver: XXX" in my .yaml-files to "lts-9.18". Also I
> done something else (I don't remember what exactly) and call
> `stack setup ... --reinstall ...`. New GHC have been installed. And I
> switched to new LTS - I see it 100%.
> But when I run `stack build`, IMHO compiller is old, because if I call
> `stack ghci` I see that old GHC (8.0.2) is calling. I'm not familiar
> with stack/Haskell tools in-depth and may miss something! For example,
> I know that LTS-9.18 is last stable, GHC 8.2.2 is last too, but in
> Stackage seems that 9.18 corresponds to 8.2.2.
>
> If I run `stack setup` in the directory with my project again I get:
>
> --cut--
> stack will use a sandboxed GHC it installed
> For more information on paths, see 'stack path' and 'stack exec env'
> To use this GHC and packages outside of a project, consider using:
> stack ghc, stack ghci, stack runghc, or stack exec
> --cut--
>
> Would somebody explain me what is wrong here and how I can test a
> project with new 8.2.2 GHC?
>
> ===
> Best regards, Paul
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